New home will have barber shop and two-story closet

AKRON, Ohio -- LeBron James' new house is shaping up as a
palace fit for a king -- with a theater, bowling alley, casino and
barber shop.

The 35,440-square-foot house in Bath Township, about 20 miles
south of Cleveland, is under construction and is to be finished
next year. It is being built on 5.6 acres of land that was
purchased with an 11-bedroom house in 2003 for $2.1 million. TheCleveland Cavaliers All-Star and Akron native razed the house to
clear the way for the new one.

A first-floor master suite, which includes a two-story walk-in
closet, will be about 40 feet wide and 56 feet long -- bigger than
half the houses in Bath Township.

The house has a dining hall, roughly 27 feet by 27 feet, a
"great room" at 34 feet by 37 feet and a bigger, two-story
"grand room," according to the Akron Beacon Journal, which
reported on the blueprints.

While waiting for the home to be finished, James splits his time
between a huge apartment in downtown Cleveland and a relatively
modest four-bedroom house in Medina County west of Akron. He paid
$580,000 for the house in 2005.

The new house already has begun to draw the curious.

"People who come to photograph it are disrespectful," said Tom
Bader, one of nine immediate next-door neighbors. "They park their
car in the middle of the street -- with their doors open! And you're
sitting behind them! All I wanna do is go home after a hard day's
work."